The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25
STANDING ARMIES.
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even orr .vn state Ire .ta.oyatia
ths Idea d State consiabular,
What for.
DO The foi!iise millions ever sto
10 consider l.:ai ail these premoniter
symptoms of war End all these anipi
preparations for slaughter are mean
for them?
Scarca.y al Individual who has nc
cumPiatei Il quarter Of million O
dollar. but knows that IL has been !
fo!,;,af 81 labor i'll some manner q
form. willie lite millionaire. al'nns'
witlsou; exception have accumulate,
their millions by methods quite n
questionable as tie methods OF tnt
James boys and Younger brothers.
Such men are not expected TO take
exceptions to the arsenels and equip
mcnts OF war for which the public i,
taxed. because in case of emergency.
this entire armament il expected tg
be used 10 shoot down. murder and
annihilate labcri:lg nien who simpl.
demand a ja-. share of the wealth
their labor creates.
III the perpsttia.ion OF liberty totle
people: il the planting Of free in>ti-
tntions apon a tiriuar, surer basis,
was their ambition and the desire OF
their i:esrts. they would be taxing
the public and themselves To es;ab
lish free libraries TIL over the Repub-
lie: TO place tie means Of an educa.
ton within the reach Of every person,
and TO shorten the hours of toll, &c
the end that every person might
i've such attention To the means oi
information. us would prepare him
to discharge with credit 10 himself.
and honor and safety 10 his country
rne great responsibilities Of american
citizenship.
Intelligence and virtue are the
sure foundations of republic. lg-
norance. corruption and force the
foundations and hope OF a monarchy
CT IA despotisIn.
To maintain our form Of govern
ment Intelligence, Industry and IN
tegrlts must stand arrused against
Vice, iilan, and Vandalism, and tie
brains OF tie better element must
keep the Villains aisarmed.
The recorded lessons of history
would not lie lest upon our country
We're the .t,heiican people supplied
with the authentic facts ot the cause
Of overthrow OF TIL popular govern
lnents that have preceded our own.
piiny, an eminent author Of his
tory writes: 1T was the great estate
that sent Italy to perdItion. When
nj last Rome counted her population
al Il hundred aid twenty lnliiloiis, the
masses Of her fieeineA WHO naa no
other property 10 sell, sold iheirvoies
and her regions vi soldiers, WaooWnea
only tleIr swords. soIa What they
hau to Tie highest bidder. And Till
tie lori. millions of sucn
citizens and sucn soldiers there
CROPPED ana groveiied eighty nliiion
slaves"
Patriotism was the distinctive
spirit of early Rome. The ambition
81 her heroes and statesmen wa, TO
achieve honor i'll the service oftnestate
he greedof personal wealth being
Ia ,... IL !
he embassy found Cincinnatus ut
lis piow, ana called him to save his
that farm comprised less
han three acres. Two hundred
,ears later all embassy called TO make
presents 10 Dentatus, lie was found
his Own dinner, and Aaugnsi-
y remarked Il, Is not Tor Tile 10 pos
less riches, bat to rule tlle rIcn."
1t was this spirit tina, Incorporated
INTO the LEHMAN laws, established
limits 10 lie occupation or the pubic
domain, aud prevented the eEcfoacl- /
nents OF the arrogant, upon lie
iinid and feeble. but ;ts home be-
.alIe rich and powerful the spirit OF
of the pubic, which
it'd been the virtue OF Eer leaders,
vas gone. anu iler generals anG states
nell aIter. carving UP the world Tor
heir mother carved up the mother
or themselves.
Pat ic!ans and piebians were with
,ut distinction for tAey were one,
md the military commanders us mer-
,enary as either sank TO selling bat
les and accepting the brides of Ja-
,urtha. The rich landlords soon
absorbed the small PROJECTORS. div
ng them into the army, pushing
hem TO the outskirts OF civilization
or new homes, Or permitting them
o slide into the IabDie OF proiesi..i-
ms and bonai.en. The Licinian
avs were oyerboine and rendered
obsolete. Ii was then that G!achus
Jaw that Rome ,nuat f,:ii, Or ti.e ius,
If wealth among her rulers be cut
hort. Laws violated. rights train
lied out by illegal encloacEnients OF
he rich upon the common property
# all Roman citizens, their larcenies
by the FORMS OF law, had
the fruits Of their unlawful
creed into hereditary possessions i
rney had upset the early history CT
heir country. biackened the fame vi
her noblest, wisest SONS. iii order 10
onfGse the moral seilse u mankind. !
Then came the Hun, the Goth, the
iandal the Iralh, hordes of un- !
,empt barbaiians. They were
reelnen, when they worked orfougnt
t was for themselves. They tram
lied Rome from end to end, and colr-
'letely crushed ner out. They
sought into the empire the original
iomtn idea that the land of a coun-
ry is the common property Of its
ossessors, that the right of eminent
OMAN rests in all the people. Every